<p><strong>‘GRIPPING AND POIGNANT’</strong> <strong>RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of <em>The Keeper of Lost Things</em></strong></p><p><strong>‘CLEVER AND ENTERTAINING’ <em>GOOD HOUSEKEEPING</em></strong></p><p><strong>‘A THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ’ <em>PRIMA</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>It seems like just another morning.</strong></p><p>Around the world, people wake up, check the news, open the front door.</p><p>On every doorstep is a box. Inside that box is the exact number of years that person has left to live.</p><p>Whether they open it or hide it under their bed, each person must learn to live in this new world: a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush their life together, a doctor who cannot save himself from his own fate, best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything…</p><p><strong>Enchanting and deeply uplifting, <em>The Measure</em> is a sweeping, ambitious and invigorating story about family, friendship, hope and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.</strong></p><p><strong>***</strong></p><p><strong>‘EXAMINES THE BIG LIFE AND DEATH QUESTIONS IN A CLEVER AND, DARE WE SAY IT, ENTERTAINING WAY’ <em>WOMAN & HOME</em></strong></p><p><strong>‘INTRIGUING’ <em>WOMAN’S WEEKLY</em></strong></p><p><strong>‘LIFE-AFFIRMING’ CHRISTINA DALCHER, bestselling author of <em>Vox</em></strong></p><p><strong>‘DESPITE ITS CHILLING PREMISE, ERLICK’S NOVEL IS AN ESCAPE FROM — RATHER THAN A WINDOW INTO — OUR OWN TERRIFYING REALITY’ <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em></strong></p><p><strong>‘COMPELLING AND HEART-BREAKING’ Bridget Collins, bestselling author of <em>The Binding </em></strong></p><p><strong>'A SHARP LENS FOR REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS' <em>DAILY MAIL</em></strong></p><p><strong>‘A HEARTFELT PARABLE FOR OUR OWN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES’ Laurie Frankel, bestselling author of <em>One Two Three</em></strong></p><p><strong>‘BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED AND HUGELY IMAGINATIVE’ Claire North</strong></p><p><strong>‘BRILLIANT – I COULDN’T STOP READING’ Christina Sweeney-Baird</strong></p><p><strong>‘HUGELY COMPELLING’ Freya Sampson, author of <em>The Last Chance Library</em></strong></p>